Mounting for rubber stamps and the like



March 16 1926. 1,576,778

H. P. MORTON MOUNTING FOR RUBBER STAMPS ANDTHE LIKE' Filed July '7, 1925INVENTDR Y U ITY- Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

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Application filed my 7, i925; Serial No. 42,092.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD P. MORTON, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMountings for Rubber Stamps and the like, of which the following is aspecilication.

This invention relates to a multiple stamp including in a single.(lGVltG a number of separate stamps such as an office man may mostfrequently need to use and my object is to devise a stamp which may beconveniently used without danger of soiling the hamls, in which theindividual stamps are so carried that the stamp needed can be readilyselected and in which the individual stamps are readily removableandreplaceable.

I attain my object by forming the holder proper as a poly-lateral platehaving a hole through the middle for the p'assage of the fingers of the.hand, means being provided whereby the wooden backs of ordinary rubberstamps may be secured to the sides of the holder. Preferably the backsof the stamps are grooved and the edges of the plate are pressed intothe grooves.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front View of a holdershowing a plurality of stamps secured thereto;

Fig. 2 a side elevation showing the device in use with only two stampsmounted thereon Fig. 3 and Fig. i a detail illustrating another methodof attaching the stamps to the holder.

in the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the different figures.

The holder 1, as stated in the preamble of this specification, ispreferably formed as a polylateral plate having a stamp 2 secured toeach of its sides. The holder 1 will preferably be made of fibreboardand the backs of the. stamps 2 of wood, although other materials may beused if desired. Preferably the backs of the stamps 2 are grooved asshown particularly in Fig. 3 and the plate 1 will be frictionallyreceived in the groove. I may, however, if found des' able, use glue aplan View of one of the stamps;

or sin'iilar material to ensure a secure mounting of the stamps on theplate.

In some cases the plate 1 may be formed as a metal stamping or a metalcasting, and provided with integral stamp supports 3 as indicated inFig. 4c. The backs will in this case he usually secured in place byscrews 4.

The stamps, it will be noted, are secured to the plate. so that theirstamping surfaces lie at right angles or almost at right angles to theplane of the surface of the-plate. To facilitatehandling of the devicethe plate is provided with a large ce itral opening through which thefii'ige'rs of the user may be passed, as shown in Fig. 2, to grip theplate behind any stamp it is desired to use.

In order that the stamps on the sides adjacent the stamp being used willnot inter fore with the; positioning of the stamp in a position close tothe binding of a book, for example, the ends ofthe backs are prefer ablytapered as will be seen in Fig; 1, the back being positioned towards oneend of the side of the plate so that thetapere'd end of the back extendsbeyond the end of the side" of the plate toiwhich it is secured. \Viththis arrangement, as will be seen from Fig. 1, the device may be used tomake stamp impressions quite close to the binding point of the page. V

I may further increase the capacity of the device by providing one ormore of the stamps with two or more. stampin surfaces lying at a slightangle, to one another. In the bottom stamp in Fig. 2, three suchsurfaces are shown, on each of which a separate stamp may be mounted.The view shows the plate inclined toward the user in position to obtainan impression from the stamp on the nearer surface. By holding the plateperpendicular, an impression from the stamp on the central surface,while by inclining the plate. away from the user an impression may be.obtained from the stan'ip on the far surface.

From the above description it will be seen that l have devised a holderon which may be conveniently mounted a considerable number of stamps, insuch a manner that the use of one stamp will not be interfered with bythe others. The. plate forms a convenient device for engagement by thehand and by means of the central opening the plate may be quicklygripped by the fingers back of any particular stamp, and

a fresh grip may be quickly taken when it is desired to use anotherstamp.

What I claim is:

1. A plate-like holder adapted to have stamps mounted about itsperiphery with their faces lying in planes at right angles thereto, orapproximately so, thus enabling the holder to be used .in upright orapproximately upright position, said holder having a substantiallycentrally arranged opening of sufficient size for the passage of thefingers of one hand, that portion of the holder between the opening andthe stamps, when the latter are in position, forming a comparativelynarrow continuous grip adapted to be engaged adjacent the stamps betweenthe fingers, extending through said opening, and the opposed thumb.

2. A plate-like holder and a plurality of stamps secured about itsperiphery with their faces lying in planes at right angles to theholder, or approximately so, thus enabling the device to be used withthe holder in upright or approximately upright position, said holderhaving a substantially centrally arranged opening of sufficient size forthe passage of the fingers of one hand, that portion of the holderbetween the opening and the stamps forming a comparatively narrowcontinuous grip adapted tov be engaged adjacent the stamps between thefingers extending through said opening and the opposed thumb. I

8. A plate-like holder and a plurality of stamps secured about itsperiphery with their faces lying in planes at right angles to theholder, or approximately so, thus enabling the device to be used withthe holder in upright or approximately upright position, said holderhaving a substantially centrally arranged opening of suflicient size forthe passage of the fingers of one hand, that portion oi the holderbetween the opening and the stamps forming a comparatively narrowcontinuous grip adapted to be engaged adjacent the stamps between thefingers extending through said opening and the opposed thumb, thelorwanl end of each stamp being bevelled forwardly from its point ofconnection with the holder.

4:. A polylateral plate-like holder and a plurality of stamps securedabout its periphcry with their faces lying in planes at right angles tothe holder, or approximately so,

thus enabling the device to be used with the holder in upright orapproximately upright position, said holder having a substantiallycentrally arranged opening of sufficient size for the passage of thefingers oi? one hand, that portion of the holder between the open ingand the stamps forming a comparatively narrow continuous grip adapted tobe en gaged adjacent the stamps between the [ingers extending throughsaid opening and the opposed thumb, the forward end of each stamp beingbevelled forward] y and extending beyond the end of theside oi? theholder to which itis secured.

Signed at Toronto this 22nd day of June 1925.

HAROLD I. MORTON.

